Lemon Chicken Salad

Submitted by Candy in Tyrone

"A tangy light salad dish."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 chicken breast fillets, without skin, cut into pieces
• 225 g couscous
• 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped
• 2 large tomatoes, deseeded and chopped
• 1⁄4 cucumber, chopped
• 3 tablespoons mint, chopped
• 3 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped

directions

1. Mix a tbsp of lemon juice with a tbsp of olive oil and season. Toss the chicken in it until well coat. Set aside for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, pu the couscous in a bowl and pour on 450 ml boiling water. Cover with cling film and leave for 15 minutes.
2. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a non stick frying pan and cook the chicken over a medium heat turning occasionally for about 10 minutes or until cooked through. Pat the chicken dry with kitchen paper.
3. Add the remaining lemon juice and oil to the couscous and fluff up with a fork. Gently mix in the spring onions, tomatoes, cucumber, mint and parsley and season well with salt and pepper. Serve with the lemon chicken.